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Lexicon :: Strong's H1300 - bārāq

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בָּרָק
Transliteration
bārāq
Pronunciation
baw-rawk'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 287a

Strong’s Definitions

בָּרָק bârâq, baw-rawk'; from H1299; lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword:—bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H1300 in the following manner: lightning (14x), glittering (4x), bright (1x), glitter (1x), glittering sword (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H1300 in the following manner: lightning (14x), glittering (4x), bright (1x), glitter (1x), glittering sword (1x).

  1. lightning

    1. lightnings, lightning flashes

    2. of flashing arrow-head (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּרָק bârâq, baw-rawk'; from H1299; lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword:—bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
STRONGS H1300: Abbreviations
† בָּרָק noun masculineEzekiel 1:13 lightning (chiefly in poetry) (Arabic بَرْقً, Assyrian birḳu COTGloss, ZimBP 76, 82 Aramaic בְּרַק, axQrfb) — absolute ב׳ Job 20:25 + 7 times 2 Samuel 22:15 (compare below); construct בְּרַק Deuteronomy 32:41 + 2 times; plural בְּרָקִים Exodus 19:16 + 7 times, בְּרָקָיו Psalm 97:4; — lightning,
1. literal mostly plural = lightnings, lightning-flashes Exodus 19:16; Psalm 18:15; 9 in theophanies, on 2 Samuel 22:15 see below) Psalm 77:19; Psalm 97:4; Psalm 135:7; Job 38:35; Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 51:16; so in simile of swift brightness Nahum 2:5, singular only Psalm 144:6; 2 Samuel 22:15 (where however read בְּרָקִים בָּרַק compare בָּרַק — so LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Klo Che, compare his critical note Psalm 18:15), Ezekiel 1:13 (in vision), and in simile of brightness Daniel 10:6; swift destruction Zechariah 9:14.
2. figurative (always singular) of flashing arrow-head Job 20:25, compare חרב ב׳ Deuteronomy 32:41, חנית ב׳ Nahum 3:3; Habakkuk 3:11; compare glitter of weapon Exodus 21:15, 20, 33.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

19:16; 19:16; 21:15; 21:20; 21:33

Deuteronomy

32:41; 32:41

2 Samuel

22:15; 22:15; 22:15

Job

20:25; 20:25; 38:35

Psalms

9; 18:15; 18:15; 77:19; 97:4; 97:4; 135:7; 144:6

Jeremiah

10:13; 51:16

Ezekiel

1:13; 1:13

Daniel

10:6

Nahum

2:5; 3:3

Habakkuk

3:11

Zechariah

9:14

H1300

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Strong's Number H1300 matches the Hebrew בָּרָק (bārāq),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:16 - And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew nigh, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on mount Sina: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand shall take hold of judgment; and I will render judgment to my enemies, and will recompense them that hate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15 - And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:25 - And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - And wilt thou send lightnings, and they shall go? and shall they say to thee, What is thy pleasure?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:14 - (LXX 17:15) And he sent forth his weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18 - (LXX 76:19) The voice of thy thunder was abroad, and around thy lightnings appeared to the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:4 - (LXX 96:4) His lightnings appeared to the world; the earth saw, and trembled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7 - (LXX 134:7) Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth: he has made lightnings for the rain: he brings winds out of his treasures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:6 - (LXX 143:6) Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - and set abundance of waters in the sky, and brought up clouds from the ends of the earth; he made lightnings for the rain, and brought forth light out of his treasures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 - (LXX 28:16) At his voice he makes a sound of water in the heaven, and brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth; he makes lightnings for rain, and brings light out of his treasures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - And in the midst of the living creatures there was an appearance as of burning coals of fire, as an appearance of lamps turning among the living creatures; and the brightness of fire, and out of the fire came forth lightning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 - (LXX 21:15) that thou mayest slay victims; be sharpened that thou mayest be bright, ready for slaughter, slay, set at nought, despise every tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - (LXX 21:20) and the weak ones be multiplied at every gate—they are given up to the slaughter of the sword: it is well fitted for slaughter, it is well fitted for glittering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - (LXX 21:33) And thou, son of man, prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and thou shalt say, O sword, sword, drawn for slaughter, and drawn for destruction, awake, that thou mayest gleam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - and his body was as Tharsis, and his face was as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his legs as the appearance of shining brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4 - (LXX 2:5) in the ways, and the chariots shall clash together, and shall be entangled in each other in the broad ways: their appearance is as lamps of fire, and as gleaming lightnings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - and of the mounting rider, and of the glittering sword, and of the gleaming arms, and of a multitude of slain, and of heavy falling: and there was no end to her nations, but they shall be weak in their bodies

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: thy darts shall go forth at the light, at the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:14 - And the Lord shall be over them, and his arrow shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord Almighty shall blow with the trumpet; and shall proceed with the tumult of his threatening.
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